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Indian National Congress on Virudhunagar

State 33 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat
Record on this seat

WON 6 OF 9 contested

INC runner-up 1 time
Strike rate
66.7%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 9 published candidatures
Best vote share62.80%in 1989
Worst vote share3.80%in 2014
Average vote share35.16% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1984
Last contested2024
Votes polled here23.84 Lacross all 9 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Indian National Congress vote share in Virudhunagar, Lok Sabha, 1977 to 2024. Vertical axis 0 to 70 per cent. Years the party did not contest are left blank rather than plotted at zero. Ringed points are years it won the seat.0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%1977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024

Indian National Congress vote share  ·  a ringed point is a year they won this seat  ·  a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1977, 1980, 1999, 2004 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

9 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2024 Manickam Tagore B 3,85,256 36.30% 1 Won
2019 Manickam Tagore, B. 4,70,883 43.80% 1 Won
2014 Manickam Tagore B 38,482 3.80% 4 Lost · 4th
2009 Manicka Tagore 3,07,187 40.00% 1 Won
1998 Rajeshwaren, V. 24,942 4.10% 4 Lost · 4th
1996 Rajeshwaran V 1,35,945 20.40% 2 Lost · 2nd
1991 Rajeshwaran V. 3,48,415 56.80% 1 Won
1989 Rajeshwaran, V. 3,98,145 62.80% 1 Won
1984 V. Rajeshwaran 2,74,922 48.40% 1 Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Dravida Munetra KazhagamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamTamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Desiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra KazhagamIndependentBharatiya Janta PartyPuthiya TamilagamJanata Dal (United)Muslim LeageNaam Tamilar KatchiTharasu Makkal MandaramMakkal Needhi MaiamBahujan Samaj PartySamajwadi PartyAll India Forward BlocCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)Bharatiya Praja Aikyata PartyAnaithinthiya Thamizhaga Munnetra KazhagHindu Samaj PartyTamil Nadu Makkal CongressIndian Congress (J)Janta Party (SECULAR)Pattali Makkal KatchiCommunist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red StarAll India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra KazhagamJebamani JanataBahujan Dravida PartyDesiya Forward BlocEzhuchi Tamilargal Munnetra KazhagamAhila India Dhayaga Makkal Munnetra KatchiTamil Nadu Ilangyar KatchiTamilaga Makkal Nala KatchiAll India People Development PartyLok Satta Party

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Virudhunagar
Publisher
Election Commission of India
Retrieved
2026-09-12
Computed
2026-09-12 18:45 UTC

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